Henry James Ruggs III has been a trending topic in the news since November 2021 when a video of him popped up on social media of his car slamming and killing a woman and her dog. Henry Ruggs is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent who played college football at Alabama, where he was a member of the team that won the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship. Ruggs was selected by the Raiders in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Henry Rugg’s accident: What happened to Henry Ruggs?
Henry Ruggs at the time the accident had occurred was 23 years old, and he faces felony DUI charges in connection with a fatal crash that occurred on November 2, 2021. He is accused of driving 156 mph seconds before slamming into Tina Tintor’s car, killing the 23-year-old woman and her dog.
Authorities say Ruggs tore through Las Vegas’ valley west of the Strip at 156 mph in his Corvette Stingray. The Clark County coroner ruled in December that Tintor and her dog burned to death in the crash.
Currently, Ruggs is out on bond with an ankle-monitoring bracelet and is allowed to practice at a Las Vegas-based facility but cannot leave the state of Nevada, according to a judge’s order.
